Pressure-regulator.



J. P. METZGER.

PRESSURE REGULATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.9, 1913'.

1,173,835., Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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PRESSURE REGULATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 0e19, 1913.

1,173,835, Patented Feb. 29,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- WITNESSES 1 1 e INVENTOR a M4 1? e1 Arromms vided. at the inlet with a drainage pocket JULES P. METZGER, OF CARLSTADT, NEW J EBSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE LESLIE COMPANY, OF LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

PRESSURE-REGULATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1913. Serial No. 794,259.

new and useful Improvements in Pressure Regulators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to pressure regulators in which the main or regulating valve is controlled by a piston governed by controlling means controlled by low pressure from the outlet side of the regulator to admit high pressure from the inlet side of the regulator.

A pressure regulator of the type mentioned is shown and described in the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 7 94,258 filed by me under even date herewith.

The object of the inventionis to provide certain new and useful improvements in pressure regulators of the type referred to whereby the internal working parts such as the main valve, piston and controlling valve, are relieved from moist steam or water of condensation or any sediment or other extraneous matter carried along by the steam, to render the regulator exceedingly sensi tive to fluctuations in' the pressure ofthe fluid. In order to accomplish the desired result use is made of avalve-casing profor intercepting and carrying off the moist steam or water of condensation. I A, practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying dra wings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indilarge size or with a long line of pipe connected with the same a great amount of condensation takes place and many times water is deposited in the various fittingsalong the pipe, sometimes through faulty draining of such pipes, but even with the best draining arrangements it is impossible to attain com plete results in that regard. In starting up, the steam entering the cold pipes condenses and leakage at the various fittings produces Patented Feb. as, rare.

the same result, so that the water passes into the pressure regulator and interferes with the proper working of the movable parts of the regulator. It is understood that the moist steam or Water of condensation tends to fill all the ports and cavities of the pressure regulator and the controlling valve is therefore clogged up and is not free to act with any degree of sensitiveness and when it does work it is because of the continuous pressure of the fluid behind it which forces the water through the small clearance, and when partly relieved the controlling valve opens suddenly with a thump and the water is discharged or carried off at once in small jets and the valve will continue to thump or hammer until entirely relieved. With larger valves and with long lines of pipes in most cases conditions are much worse and many times when starting the regulator will be ,found to be partly and sometimes completely lilled .withjwater which has to be relieved before the regulator can function properly. The pressing of the moist steam or water of condensation in the pressure regulator sometimes causes the some part and usually erosion or defective-valveseats glS the result, and there is always the danger of rupture of some part of the regulator taking place. It is evident that the pressure regulator in a very short time becomes inefficient and must be repaired or fitted over ,to produce the desired regulation. With the improvements presently to be described in detail the water of condensation from the connected pipe line or which may form within the pressure regulator is prevented from reaching the working'parts so that practically dry steam only "will come in contact with the working parts.

The pressure regulator shown in Fig. 1 consists in its general construction of a valve casing A provided on top with a cap B and having at one side an inlet C leading to a main valve chamber D arranged in the bottom of the casing A. A partition F is provided with a valve seat F' and separates the valve chamber from the outlet G, and on the said valve seat F is adapted-to be break ing of a main valve or distortion of.

seated a main or regulating valve E pressed;

on by a spring E. to normally hold the valve E to its seat F. The bottom of the spring E rests on a guide D attached toor forming part of a cap D for'closing the bottom of the main valve chamber D. drain pipe D leads from the' cap D to carry off the .water ofcondensation that may flow onto the bottom cap D The main valve A is connected with a piston H mounted to reciprocate in a cylinder "I separated from the outlet G by a partition or a bridge I having openings I for the passage of the steam into the lower end of the cylinder I- Admission of steam to the upper end of the v cylinder I from the inlet C is controlled by a controlling valve J held to its seat by a spring J and controlled by a diaphragm K pressed on at the top by a spring regulating device L adapted to be set to a desired pressure. Steam from the inlet C passes by way of a port N into an expansion chamber 0 containing the valve J and its spring J, as. more fully described in the application 2 above referred to, and the under side of the diaphragm K is subjected to pressure of the steam'from the outlet G by way of a port P. When the pressure outlet G falls below a certain predetermined gage pressure the valve J is moved into open position by the action of the device L on the diaphragm K to allow steam to pass into the upper end of the-cylinder I to force the piston H downward therein to open the valve E more or less against the tension of its spring E.

In order to relieve the working parts re-, ferred'to of moist steam or water of conmade: In thelower part of the inlet C is arranged a transverse partition Q, curved upwardly and outwardly, as plainlyindicated in Fig. 1, the said partition Q forming with the wall of the'inlet C a pocketR from which leads a pipe S for carrying off the water of condensation. Now it will be noticed that any incoming moist steam or water of condensation from the pipeline is in'tercepted in the inlet C by the partition Q and is retained in the pocket R from which the water of condensation is carried off by the pipe S to a suitable place of dis-.

charge. By this arrangement the water of condensation'is not liable to be carried to "partition Q, in the inlet (1 is provided with a downward extension Q forming with the bottom of the casing A a pocket R from which leads the drainage pipe S for carryihg ofl" the water of condensation. The bottom cap D for the main valve chamber D is in this case convex and supports the guide of condensation that may pass into the main valve chamber D flows ofl the convex cap D under the extension Q and 'into the pocket R to be carried ofl' by the pipe S, and likewisethe water of condensation com-v .ing from the pipe P and entering the inlet C is intercepted by the partition Q and directed down into the pocket R; Instead of connecting the bottom of the pocket R with the pipe S the said pocket may be connected with a separator S as indicated in Fig.

3, otherwise the construction shown in this passing into the chamber 0, it being under-' stood'that any water of condensation which may occur in the chamber 0 flows down the port N into the inlet 0 tobe carried 0E either by the pipe D as-shown in Fig. 1,

or by the pipe S or the separator S as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

- The inlet C may be-enlarged and curved.

to afl'ord a proper cross sectional area at all points, but it is evident that this may be varied in accordance with the requirements,

and the inlet C may be made of a size corresponding to the inlet pipe conditional upon the ratio of reduced pressure to the inlet pressure desired. The partition or wings Qor Q may be made of different shapes without altering the scope or func- 'tion of the present improvements. densation, the followlng arrangement is Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pressure regulator of the class deinlet at one side and a main valve chamber at the bottomand in communication with the said inlet, a drainage pocket in the said casing in advance of the Valve chamber and communicating with the said inlet and with the said valve chamber, the bottom-of the valve chamber being convex and'draining into the saiddrainage pocket, and a drain age pipe leading from the said pocket.

scribed provided with a casing having an 2. Apressure regulator of the type described provided with a casing having an inlet at one side and a main valve chamber at the bottom, the said valve chamber being closed at the bottom by a convexcap having a raised guide'for the stem of the main valve, a transverse partition arranged in the said inlet and curved upwardly and forwardly to intercept incoming moist steam and water of condensation, the partition having a 'of the extensionterminating a distance above the lower edge of the said cap, the

said extension forming a drainage pocket with the opposite side of the casing, and a pipeleading from the, said pocket.

3. In a pressure regulator of the character described, the combination of a casing having a valve seat between its inlet and outlet and a valve chamber below its said seat, a valve cooperating with the seat, a

spring arranged beneath the valve for controlling the same, an elevated support arranged upon the base of the valve chamber and forming a valve guide and a seat for the said spring, the said base of the valve chamber sloping downwardly away from a point beneath the said support, a transverse partition arranged to cross the inlet side of the valve chamber to form a drainage pocket at one side of the chamber, and having its lower edge spaced from the base of the chamber and its upper edge extending 20 upwardly and angularly into the inlet, and a drainage tube leading from the drainage pocket, all for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 25 

